Finding your style does not require any dancing intellect, but you need to know who you are.
I'll tell you this -- you can look at all the masculine toughies you want -- the Ben Roethlisbergers, the Russell Crowes, the David Petraeuses -- but if you want to look at what a man should be -- persevering, honest, a person who manifests his intellect into action -- you need look no further than Roger Ebert.
You need the intellect to interpret a score, plus the musicality to do it, and there's also something spiritual involved that is not always easy to articulate, but is definitely present and requires you to access it.
We should be able to know you through our intellect, You enlighten us through the right path.
He describes himself as "a man of limited intellect", but adds: "That is the greatest quality you need in journalism, because then you cannot ask questions that simply cannot be answered by the medium in which you work".
You don't need to both be geniuses, but you need to have around the same intellect level.
In case you haven't heard of her, Donna's pretty amazing – she has an immense amount of intellect, she keeps you on time and gives you the information you need, when you need it.
Paul Calello, chief executive of the investment bank at Credit Suisse, said Mr. Geithner "has the intellect, the experience and the ability to work across many constituencies that you need in that job.
It never occurred to her during the health-care battle that, in dealing with politicians, you need to stroke their egos as well as dazzle them with your intellect.
But you need to allow yourself not to feel guilty or old-fashioned if you use your intellect and authority to forcefully challenge any talk of other children being "losers", and of arrogant and excessive self-regard.
